Highlight search term in mysql php search

Question

Could someone please help me to highlight the searchterm in my php search code? Below is the code that I am currently using, and it works fine. Would just like to add a high

Answer 1

The simplest solution is to use str_replace() to replace the search term with tags wrapped around them, styled.

Warning: The way you have your script set up, you're vulnerable to injection attacks. This is just an example to show you how to pass in variables.

See: How can I prevent SQL injection in PHP?

";
echo "

";
echo "BACK";
echo "

";
echo "
Your search has found ";
echo "$num_rows";
echo " records.
";
echo "

";

echo "";

while($row = mysql_fetch_array($result))
        {
    echo "";
    echo "";
    echo "";
    echo "";
    echo "";
    echo "";
    echo "";
    echo "";
    echo "";
    echo "";
    echo "";
    echo "";
    echo "";
    }
echo "


Signed in By
Reference Number
Asset Number
Make Model
Serial Number
Operating System
Office
Profile
Extra Apps
Time IN
Status
Time OUT
" . str_replace($term, "$term", $row['who']) . "
" . str_replace($term, "$term", $row['ref']) . "
" . str_replace($term, "$term", $row['asset']) . "
" . str_replace($term, "$term", $row['make_model']) . "
" . str_replace($term, "$term", $row['serial']) . "
" . str_replace($term, "$term", $row['os']) . "
" . str_replace($term, "$term", $row['office']) . "
" . str_replace($term, "$term", $row['swp']) . "
" . str_replace($term, "$term", $row['ea']) . "
" . str_replace($term, "$term", $row['dt_in']) . "
" . str_replace($term, "$term", $row['status']) . "
" . str_replace($term, "$term", $row['dt_out']) . "
";
echo "

";
echo "";

mysql_close($con);

?>

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